1.   Attempts to obtain comments from editors at Sabah and Bilgin for this article were unsuccessful.

2.   Efforts to obtain comment from Sheikh Sultan have been unsuccessful.

3.   No immediate comment could be obtained from Ashanti, Deutsche Bank, Goldman, Thistle, or Orange.

4.   Attempts to obtain comment from Taliban officials were not immediately successful.

5.   Attempts to obtain comment from the FARC were not successful.

6.   Attempts to obtain comment there were not immediately successful.

7.   Because Monday was a holiday in Uganda, it was not possible to obtain comment on the report from the U.S. Embassy in Kampala or from the Ugandan military.

8.   Because many offshore banks operate without any real address, it was not immediately possible to obtain comment from the banks on Friday.

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10.   Efforts to obtain comment from the Treasury Department on the letter were unsuccessful.